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So what am I doing now that my HTWAN story (code name “Krasnaya”) is done? Absolutely nothing. Actually, I’ve been working on title/cover combos for SKoS.

“What, the book’s not going to be called Some Kind of Savior?” I heard someone ask. Or maybe it’s just in my head.

Maybe. Maybe not. I came up with that title spur of the moment when I was submitting the first couple of chapters to my creative writing class for critiques in spring of 2013. While I was still writing it. (Yeah, I know, bad idea. Live and learn. This is absolutely why the beginning was so borked.)

Is it a good title? I think so. Is it the right title or the best title? I don’t know. That’s why I’m experimenting with titles and covers to see what works best.

Goal 2) Some Kind of Savior

• My Goal: 1 lesson per month, 10 pages per day for type-in
• Where I planned to be: 90 pages typed in
• Where I am: 101 pages typed in
• On Target or Behind: On Target

How’s It Going:

Goal 1) HTWAN story

• My Goal: 150 wpd, 450 wpw
• Where I planned to be: 44150 total words
• Where I am: 44552 total words
• On Target or Behind: …FINISHED!

How’s It Going:
IT IS DONE. Almost 500 words short of 45k, but that’s okay. I realized about halfway through that I dropped a piece of technology that became pretty important toward the end, so I know I’ll end up adding words in revision. But either way, it’s done!

My official finish date was the 12th, so my earliest pick up date to start revision on this would be Jan 11th, if I use the 30-day mark. I will… probably not start that soon. I have another novel in the wings waiting for revision first. And it’s ready to go, ASAP.

Yes, I was smart this time and printed one-sided, and it is a whopping 358 pages, just over 50k words.

Goal 2) Some Kind of Savior

• My Goal: 1 lesson per month, 10 pages per day for type-in
• Where I planned to be: 60 pages typed in
• Where I am: 81 pages typed in
• On Target or Behind: On Target

How’s It Going:
I’m having to pace myself, because all I want to do is rip through the rest of it at once. But it’s going well. What’s great is the closer I get to the end, the less work I have to do, because the beginning was more messed up than the end. There is a lot of cutting and pasting going on though, where I’ve moved entire scenes around.

I am gonna have to go through when I’ve got everything cleaned up and really get my time straightened out. I couldn’t do it on paper very easily, with everything so screwed up, but hopefully it won’t take long on the computer.

Semester is over, baby! Yes, I made all As. Made hundreds on both finals, even. (Third class didn’t have a final exam.) Nothing stopping me now except for the day job and executive dysfunction and headaches.

Goal 1) HTWAN story

• My Goal: 150 wpd, 450 wpw
• Where I planned to be: 43724 total words
• Where I am: 43954 total words
• On Target or Behind: On Target

How’s It Going:
Did I change my goal numbers finally? Yes, yes I did. Now it actually looks like I’m getting somewhere. XD I’m working off the assumption that I will hit 45k before the end, and still finish before the 31st. (The latter is much more likely, but I may surprise myself with the word count.)

Which, now that I have a decent idea how I’m gonna end this, I’ve obviously gone way over my new goals. -shrug- Nothing ever goes the way you expect it to.

Goal 2) Some Kind of Savior

• My Goal: 1 lesson per month, 10 pages per day for type-in
• Where I planned to be: 30 pages typed in
• Where I am: 48 pages typed in
• On Target or Behind: On Target

How’s It Going:
So I counted my pages and I… do not have 150. But I’m sticking to my 10 pages per day goal. It’s a nice even doable number. And if I finish before the 31st, well, good. And I probably will, at this rate. Finally getting my hands in this thing and fixing it is too much fun.

Goal 1) HTWAN story

• My Goal: 505 wpd, 1515 wpw
• Where I planned to be: 45955 total words
• Where I am: 43298 total words
• On Target or Behind: Behind

How’s It Going:
Didn’t write much this week. Mostly due to school wrapping up and of course Thanksgiving. But this week’s lesson (35) has definitely helped me lay out how I’m going to end this. Maybe I’ll hit 45k, maybe I won’t, but I know I won’t be getting to 50k like I originally planned. That’s okay.

Goal 2) Some Kind of Savior

• My Goal: 1 lesson per month, 10 pages per day for type-in
• Where I planned to be: still working on Lesson 20
• Where I am: 4 pages typed in
• On Target or Behind: On Target

How’s It Going:
IT’S HAPPENING.

I don’t know how to measure how much I need to do to get this done on time. My page numbers go up to 102, but I have… a lot of page numbers that ended up with letters appended to them… It’s entirely possible I have 150 pages, idk. If I go with that number, I need to do at least 10 pages a day. With classes almost over, and my draft almost finished, I think I can manage that.